palera1n

palera1n

Developer(s)	Nebula Mineek Nathan asdfugil llsc12 Ploosh flower
Initial release	26 Sep 2022 (2022-09-26)
Stable release	palera1n: 1.4.2 / 16 February 2023 palera1n-c: 2.0.0 beta 5 / 22 March 2023
Repository	github.com/palera1n/palera1n
Operating system	macOS Linux iOS
Available in	English
Type	Jailbreaking
Website	palera.in

palera1n is both a tethered jailbreak and semi-tethered jailbreak (you can select either) for devices vulnerable to the checkm8 Exploit running iOS/iPadOS 15.0-16.3.1. While this jailbreak is currently a rootful jailbreak, work is being done to transition it into a rootless jailbreak.

Supported devices

• iPad (5th generation)
• iPad (6th generation)
• iPad (7th generation)
• iPad Pro (12.9-inch)
• iPad Pro (9.7-inch)
• iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation)
• iPad Pro (10.5-inch)
• iPad mini 4
• iPad Air 2
• iPhone 6s
• iPhone 6s Plus
• iPhone SE (1st generation)
• iPhone 7
• iPhone 7 Plus
• iPhone 8
• iPhone 8 Plus
• iPhone X
• iPod touch (7th generation)

Note: On A10 and A11 devices, the passcode must be disabled while in the jailbroken state.

Release History

palera1n (1.x)

Version	Date	Changes
1.0.0	4 October 2022	Initial release
1.1.0	6 October 2022	Add blob validation Check if Tips is installed Only prompt for disclaimer once Check for DFU Make ramdisk use device's version Add support for all checkm8 iPad models excluding iPad Pro.
1.1.1	9 October 2022	Support iPad beta URLs Make sure auto-boot is always set to false (unless restoring rootfs) Wait for sshd to start before running postboot Fix Tips check error Fix --restorerootfs
1.2.0	16 October 2022	Fix deep sleep bug Numerous fixes Let Pogo install tweak support
1.3.0	13 November 2022	Fully fix deep sleep bug Support 15.0-15.7.1 on all checkm8 devices Increase stability Fix TrollStore, camera, and screen recording
1.4.0	12 December 2022	Does not mount user data partition for iPhone X compatibility, isn't even really needed anymore Deploys files to the rootfs (fakefs if needed) Fix deviceid finding Use apticket.der because dumping rdisk seems to freeze Add /.installed_palera1n with info uicache loader app on boot (no more Tips app hijacking) Fix rootless Webkit fix on 16 Switch to local boot Fix home button on iPhone 7(+) and 8(+) Increase stability Supports 15.0-16.2 on all checkm8 devices
1.4.1	18 December 2022	ibot.patched fix Use payload on the X use jq --arg for variables fix dfuhelper instructions in phase 2 fix removal of existing dsc on fakefs fix developer mode patch fix stderr not going to log file
1.4.2	16 February 2023	Add iOS 16.4 support Various fixes Make palera1n.sh not directory dependant by @junepark678 in #308 Add check for arm64e devices when started from recovery/DFU by @0xallie in #310 add note about force reboot after restore rootfs by @0xallie in #312 Update payload by @asdfugil in #315 fix _kill_if_running for root processes by @0xallie in #321 Increasing stability by @vadim-a-yegorov in #322 Hide non-error messages from iproxy by @0xallie in #346 Add --ipsw option by @0xallie in #347 dfuhelper: check if device is already in DFU mode by @0xallie in #348 dfuhelper: fail early if device rebooted to normal/recovery mode by @0xallie in #333 ensure fs is always set by @0xallie in #331 Fix dfuhelper slowness (mainly on macOS) by @0xallie in #351 Update COMMONISSUES.md and fix some restorerootfs things by @BananaOnGitHub in #350 Use curl to check for connection instead of ping by @0xallie in #353 Prevent Finder from popping up while palera1n is running by @0xallie in #352

palera1n-c (2.x)

Version	Date	Changes
2.0.0 beta 1	12 February 2023	Initial release
2.0.0 beta 2	13 February 2023	Should be able to create fakefs on 16 GB devices on iOS 15 with -B -f
2.0.0 beta 3		Fix palera1n-ios entitlements Fix A8(X) fakefs
2.0.0 beta 4	15 February 2023	Display an error instead of crashing when the machine has no detected USB ports. Fix Detecting DFU mode devices that are already connected when palera1n-c is started Make SpringBoard show non-default system apps (seems to be relevant on iPads) Fix amd64 binaries being embedded into non-amd64 releases Fixed version string
2.0.0 beta 5	22 March 2023	palera1n Loader Removed palera1n droplet from title Added userspace reboot option Added socials in credits Made terminal window show your jbtype Changed the content view gradient to be animated Added debug options (triple tap a title in settings) palera1n app colors are different depending on iOS version If you're not bootstrapped, loader will not display any options apart from install and open trollhelper Rootless will not display an option to install other package managers Other device-side changes Dyld patch - Remove Mach-O platform restrictions. (i.e. tvOS and bridgeOS binaries can now be ran on iOS, and vice versa) Update tools and SSH server in the builtin binpack Kernel patchfidner does not crash on 16.4 anymore (NOTE: palera1n still does not work on iOS 16.4) CLI changes Changed format of the version string Credits now goes into standard error instead of standard output Added -S, --no-colors to not output any colours -O, --disable-ohio is gone because Ohio has been deleted

Device Firmware Update mode, a feature of the bootrom allowing for emergency restores when the installed firmware is invalid

A firmware image that contains a minimal operating system for certain tasks, named as such because it is stored temporarily in memory rather than permanently on disk